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Ghana coach Otto Addo is looking forward to renewing a long-standing relationship with South Korea\u2019s Son Heung-min when the teams clash at the World Cup today.<\/p>\n
Ghana, who lost their opening game to Portugal, are seeking their first point in Group H against the Koreans, who kicked off with a 0-0 draw against Uruguay, and well aware of the threat Son will pose at Al Rayyan\u2019s Education City Stadium.<\/p>\n
The German-born Ghanaian coach was in charge of the Under-19s at Hamburg SV when Son arrived at the club aged 16 in 2009 and the teenager made a quick impression.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI really liked his character, he was a very hard-working player. I was the one who proposed him to the first team,\u201d said Addo on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Son signed a professional contract at 18 and soon after became Hamburg\u2019s youngest Bundesliga scorer, moving on to Bayer Leverkusen in 2013 in a transfer deal reportedly worth 10 million euros.<\/p>\n
The Korean attacker has since played more than 200 Premier League matches for Tottenham Hotspur and emerged as his country\u2019s talisman, competing in his third World Cup.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHe became so good because he worked hard for it. He\u2019s gone on to have a great career and I\u2019m happy he is healthy and able to play against us but we will stop him together as a team,\u201d added Adoo, who has been doubling up the job of coaching Ghana with coaching youth players at Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n Son recently returned from surgery to stabilise a fracture around his eye and played in a black protective mask on Thursday, spearheading the South Korean attack which did not have much impact as they had six attempts at goal but none on target.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know his strength and we\u2019re going to listen to the coach who has a plan to stop him,\u201d said Ghana defender Daniel Amartey, who also plays in the topflight in England.<\/p>\n Addo reasserted his claim Ghana had been unlucky to lose to Portugal but also apologised for his post-match criticism of the refereeing. He said he had not faced any sanction from Fifa for the outburst.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe in the public\u2019s eye we lost but for us we learnt,\u201d Addo added of the 3-2 defeat by the Portuguese.<\/p>\n \u201cWith a little bit of luck we might well have got a draw. I am happy to have a team which is willing to learn and work hard every day to get better,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a lot of respect for South Korea, but we know we can compete with them.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n